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Jim Inhofe: “We cannot lessen our dependence on foreign oil through taxes, mandates and bureaucracy.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
We cannot lessen our dependence on foreign oil through taxes, mandates and bureaucracy.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe asserts that reducing foreign oil dependence requires opening access to domestic energy.

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